FAMOUS IRISH ROMANCE

Evening Star, Issue 21627, 24 January 1934, Page 5

FAMOUS IRISH ROMANCE

•PEG O' MY HEART' FOR EMPIRE Marion Davies gives the finest performance of her entire career in the delightful 'film ‘Peg o’ My Heart,’ which will begin on Friday at' the Empire Theatre. Never before has the vivacious star clothed a character with such sincerity and sympathy. The talking picture version of the play that has been acclaimed in the theatre for more than twenty years has a freshness and sparkle all its own. There is not a lagging moment or a flaw in the simple clarity of its sweet romance. It is just the kind of picture people want to see these days. Robert Z. Leonard, responsible for so many of Miss Davies’s past successes, directed the play. The film marks the debut as a leading man of Onslow Stephens, who gives promise of filling a new berth in the popularity of feminine fans. Stevens has a distinct personality of his own that registers strongly in a quiet and repressed manner of performance. Others in the splendid cast of this Metro-Goldwyn-Major feature are J. Farrell MacDonald, Juliette Compton, Irene Brown, Tyrrell Davis, Alan Mowbray, Doris Lloyd, Robert Grieg, Nora Cecil, and Geoffrey Gill. Michael, the dog in the film, captures honours all his own. He is well worth watching. LADY ORGANIST’S ENGAGEMENT. A novelty for Dunedin audiences will be provided on Friday, when a lady organist, Miss Iris Mason, will commence a season at the Christie unit organ. Although only a young player, Miss Mason possesses a keen insight into the finer qualities of music, and plays',with a complete understanding^of the" requirements of the composer. She recently finished an engagement at the Capitol Theatre, Melbourne, returning

to the De Luxe, Wellington, before coming to the Empire, and has made good use of the experience gained at the various theatres where she has appeared. In her programmes each week she offers original, popular, and classic presentations, calculated to satisfy the diversified tastes of any audience. For her opening performance _ locally MisS Mason has chosen a particularly comprehensive list of items.